Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-01-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 30
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 350▼ 230 vs year ago 694 · −33.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 81▲ 10 vs year ago 72 · +13.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 13▲ 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.94/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$160.94
152 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.09
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529163.78867115
Medium and Large 2-3502152.1176437
One grade step is worth $11.67/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale152 hd
160.94
—
KY average23 barns · 4,036 hd
155.86
+5.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,363105.921,44411
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30287.161,13554
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,84584.031,5502thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91873.996794thin

Every lot

62 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295222.50/cwt222.50–222.506561
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375223.00/cwt223.00–223.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435186.00/cwt186.00–186.008096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472201.39/cwt191.00–215.0095128
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510163.00/cwt163.00–163.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520184.79/cwt180.00–188.009615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576185.44/cwt183.00–187.501,06812
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3610177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615176.42/cwt158.00–186.001,08544
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670172.12/cwt170.00–175.001,1538
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708170.50/cwt170.00–171.001,2074
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3200155.00/cwt155.00–155.003101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274186.00/cwt186.00–186.005107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325162.52/cwt160.00–165.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3338161.96/cwt157.00–167.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3359165.36/cwt150.00–178.005946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370188.97/cwt185.00–190.006997
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3424163.71/cwt162.00–169.006944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428180.39/cwt177.00–185.007729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460182.25/cwt180.00–183.0083811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480158.33/cwt152.00–163.007608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500171.00/cwt171.00–171.008551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3515143.27/cwt127.50–150.007384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531160.73/cwt156.00–167.0085334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3574149.46/cwt148.00–152.008584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586154.05/cwt148.00–155.5090310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623152.91/cwt150.00–157.0095315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3638132.49/cwt130.00–135.008452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655112.50/cwt112.50–112.507371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3708142.07/cwt138.00–150.001,0063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719144.43/cwt134.00–149.001,03812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3760141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1343
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285222.38/cwt217.50–224.006344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2332213.54/cwt185.55–220.007098
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365177.50/cwt177.50–177.506481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369211.55/cwt195.00–219.007815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414208.26/cwt195.00–215.0086211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490188.00/cwt188.00–188.009211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3505163.11/cwt150.00–182.008243
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518182.85/cwt174.00–192.0094724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2561172.91/cwt160.00–180.009704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620159.13/cwt150.00–169.0098724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2681151.89/cwt150.00–166.001,0349
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2742149.39/cwt148.00–151.001,1085
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3745130.00/cwt130.00–130.009691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2824139.56/cwt136.00–147.001,1509
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,363105.92/cwt100.00–111.001,44411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91873.99/cwt73.00–75.006794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25076.00/cwt76.00–76.009502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27284.50/cwt76.50–91.501,07537
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38295.21/cwt91.50–106.001,31615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84584.03/cwt83.50–84.501,5502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Large 190092.00/cwt92.00–92.008281
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-292697.01/cwt72.00–138.008988

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.